Jeonbuk National University joins K-STAR visa track, enabling longer stays for regional foreign talent

Jeonbuk National University has been selected to join the government’s new K-STAR visa track, a program designed to help top foreign experts in science and technology build long-term careers and settle in Korea. The Ministry of Justice’s K-STAR visa track offers a state-supported pathway from study to research, employment and permanent residency, enabling high-caliber STEM talent stay in the country. The program — once limited to five state-run science and technology institutes, including KAIST — has expanded the permanent residency and fast-track naturalization benefits to general universities. With the designation, Jeonbuk National University President Yang O-bong can now directly recommend eligible foreign students for the program. Recommended candidates will receive major incentives, including immediate eligibility for an F-2 residency visa upon graduation without needing a job offer, the option to apply for an F-5 permanent residency visa after three years and the possibility of special naturalization regardless of their length of stay if they demonstrate exceptional researWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times